Pronunciation

Characters pronounced ke.

15 name characters share this pronunciation across tones. Pinyin alone does not identify a character; choose the Hanzi you want.

All 15 characters are listed below. Each links to its own page with meaning, structure, and names that use it.

克 kè gram; overcome; transliteration 刻 kè artistic carve, engrave; quarter hour 客 kè guest, traveller; customer 课 kè lesson; course; classwork 壳 ké artistic casing, shell, husk 棵 kē natural numerary adjunct for trees 珂 kē elegant · warm inferior kind of jade 磕 kē artistic hit; collide, knock into; sound 科 kē artistic section, department, science 苛 kē cute small, petty; harsh, rigorous 蝌 kē tadpole 颗 kē natural grain, kernel 可 kě cute · warm can; agreeable 坷 kě artistic clod of earth, lump of soil 渴 kě thirsty, parched; yearn, pine

Why several characters share one pinyin

Mandarin has many homophones. Tone narrows the sound, but different characters can still share the same syllable and tone. The Hanzi is the identity; the pinyin is only the sound.

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